15 Best Movies and Performances of 2017 Sundance Film Festival

'78/52'

Never mind the celebrity talking heads (a moratorium on in-film Eli Roth interviews, please); this fascinating close-read of one of the most famous movie sequences of all time – Psycho's shower scene – not only explains how Hitchcock set up the shots but reminds you why it's still such a masterclass in miniature re: horror moviemaking. Academics, art historians and Janet Leigh's body double all weigh in about the particulars of background painting choices and the art of covering up on-set nudity, while famous fans admire the technique. But the real takeaway is in seeing Hitch push the envelope both creatively and sociologically with his master plan – then incinerate the envelope altogether.